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    Type 2 - NHS?

    Hi everyone, I got diagnosed with type 2 about three years ago. I am on metformin but have not seen anyone about the diabetes since apart from I saw the GP who diagnosed me about a year ago because I have a swollen and painful left foot. She told me to go on a diet which I did,I have lost...
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    What does the UK leaving the EU mean for us?

    My view is this. I waited a year to go on a diet programme that was intended to support me while I was pre-diabetic and hopefully prevent me developing diabetes - during that year on the waiting list I had to take drugs for my fibromyalgia that increased my weight and ironically on the date of...
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    Type 2 diabetes and ibuprofen

    Hi, for drug free pain relief try using an Actipatch - you can buy from Boots and Amazon and so on. I use two. I have fibromyalgia as well as other conditions that cause chronic pain. Using them is the difference between me being able to go to work or being too immobile to be even able to get...
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    I just can't do it anymore, it's been nearly 10 years... I have suicidal thoughts

    I think it's good to write your life story - type it up and tell the whole story. You might want to save off posting it on the forum for a day - so you can go back and take out anything you really don't want to share but don't feel ashamed - if you are anonymous then go for it. When you have...